The 2016 Internet of Things Landscape in Two Infographics

Matt Kiser

3 years ago

“An entirely new way of interacting with our world is emerging,” writes Matt Turck from FirstMark Capital. “The Internet of Things is about the transformation of any physical object into a digital data product.” The 2016 Internet of Things is occurring in five areas: the connected home, wearables, healthcare, robotics/drones, and transportation.

If you think that’s amusing, remember that with Alexa, Cortana, Siri, Google Now, and others, “you have a personal digital assistant that knows you,” Microsoft’s Satya Nadella says, “knows your preferences, has the ability, in a privacy-protecting way, to go and look at your information and your organization’s information and help you with your tasks.”